Children in Crisis: Community Responses

Buncombe Community School , 235 Old Hwy 70, Swannanoa

October 23, 1996

"Leadership can responsibly foster enough disequilibrium to motivate us to learn"
- Ronald Heifetz

8:15     Coffee and muffins

8:30     Teens in Trouble: A View from the Bench
  Rebecca Knight, District Court Judge

9:30     Teen Pregnancy and Health Issues: Community Programs
  Motherlove ,  Jessica Todd, YWCA
  Education: Sex, AIDS, and Drugs
   Doug Jones, Health Education Coordinator, Buncombe County Schools
  Keeping Kids in School
   Cynthia Watley, Asheville's Home-School Liaison

10:30   Break

10:45   At-Risk Students and Alternative School
             George Drake, Principal, Buncombe Community School

11:15   Panel: Mentoring Students
             Kitty Kelly, Counselor
             Buncombe Community School Mentor and Student     

12:00   Lunch
             Foods and Nutrition class, Buncombe Community School

1:00     Panel: Kids in Need and Crisis
             Intervening with At-Risk Teens, Lori Holcombe, YMCA
             Working with Families , Cassie Jones, Family Services Center
             Helping Families and High Risk Girls , Stewart Humphrey, Eliada Home

2:00     Putting Children First
             Leslie Anderson, Co-Chair, Children First

2:45     Putting It All Together: What Can We Do?

3:00     Tour
              Buncombe Community School Day Care

Special thanks to Bonnie Habel (LAS VIII), Ann Campbell (LAS IX) 
and Carolyn Williams (NCCCR)